Ingot-casting device.



1 P. L. JAMISONP INGOT CASTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11, 1911 1,032,835, Patented July 16, 1912.

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INGOT CASTING DEVICE.

WITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. JAMISON, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR'OF ON-E-HALF TO CLARENCE R. CLINE, 0F WILKINSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

INGOT-CASTING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1912.

Application filed October 11, 1911. Serial No. 654,090..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. JAM-ISON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at- Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ingot-Castin Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to ingot casting device, and has for its object to provide means in a manner as hereinafter set forth for reducing the cost of casting ingots, at the same time, effectively prevent the formation of the defects known as piping due to the shrinkage of the metal after the outer sides of the ingot have been set and hardened.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a manner as hereinafter set forth a mold for casting ingots, the mold having one of its walls thereof formed of a movable section which is capable of being shifted against the metal in the mold, thereby compressing the metal to a solid mass, so as to overcome any piping in the ingot.

Further objects of the invention are to provide an ingot casting device for overcoming piping, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong, durable, efficient and convenient in its use, readily set up, reducing the cost of casting to overcome piping to a minimum and inexpensive to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists of the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein is shown an embodimentof the invention. but it is understood that changes,variations and modifications can be resorted .sto which come within the scope of the claims hereinto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation broken away of an ingot casting device in accordance with this invention. .Fig. 2 is a section on line II--II, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 3 is a section on line II-II, Fig. 2, with the device in operative position to overcome piping. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a movable wall section, Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a double wedge used in connection with the movable wall section, Fig. 6 is a front elevation broken away of a modified form, Figs. 7 and 8 are views on lines VIIVH, Fig. 6, illustrating respectively the device in an inoperative and in an operative position, Fig. 9 is a sectional line IXIX, Fig. 6, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the movable wall section used in the form shown in Fig. 6, Fig. 11 is a perspective view of a wedge used in connection with themovable wall section illustrated in Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is an elevational fragmentary view of that wall of the mold having a cony'exed inner face, Fig. 13 is a detail illustrating the grooved bars shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the key or slide 39, Fig. 15 is a view illustrating a ribbed ingot. and Fig. 1G is a view illustrating an ingot having-the piping removed in accordance with this invention.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5 of the drawings, an ingot casting device in accordance therewith, includes a mold formed of a front and rear wall 1, 2, respectively and a pair of side walls 3. 4' to each of which is connected a laterally extending trunnion 5 to which can be"attached any suitable means for lifting or transporting the mold from point to point. As illustrated in Fig. 2. the mold hasliad the metal poured therein to form an ingot 6, having a piping'T. and as illustrated in Fig. 3, the metal 6 has been compressed. to overcome the piping. The wall 1 is provided with a'longitudinally-extendiiig opening 8 having beveled end walls 9, l0 and said opening 8 is normally closed by a shiftable wall section 11. which snugly engages, when in closed position. the walls of the opening 8. The shiftable or movable wall section 11 is termed a compressor and the function thereof is to compress the ingot to a solid mass so as to overcome any piping. The inner face of the upper portion of the wall 1 of the mold is convexed in'contour. The working face of the compressor 11 gradually tapers from a flat surface at tlie'bottom thereof to a convex surface at its top, the said convex portion of the working face of the compressor 11 forming a continuation of the curvature of the inner face of the wall 1. and by such an arrangement. the forming of ribs upon that side of the ingot, which is engaged by the compressor 11 during the operation of the compressing of the ingot, overcome. In Fig. 15 is illustrated what is meant by the forming of ribs upon one side of the ingot. The compressor 11 has secured centrally of its outer face a shank 12 which is of a length as to project from the lower end of the compressor as at 13. Connected to the upper end of the compressor 11 is a crank shaft 14, the function of which is to restore the compressor to its normal position, that is, as shown in Fig. 2, when occasion so requires.

The outer face of thewall 1 has secured thereto a pair of longitudinally-extending spaced bars 15, 16, which pro'ect across the opening 8 and also across t e compressor 11 when the latter is in normal position as shown in Fig. 2. J ournaled in the upper ends of the bars 15, 16 as at 17, is the crank shaft 14, which is provided with a handle 18 to enable the convenient shifting thereof to restore the compressor 11 to normal position. The projecting end13 of the shank 12 extends between the lower end of the bars 15, 16, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and Connected to the bars 15, 16, approximately centrally thereof is a transverselyextendingstrap 19, having its inner face provided with a beveled portion 20 and a groove 21, and formed integral with the bars 15, 16, below the strap 19, is a transversely-extending strap 22, having its inner face provided with a beveled portion 23. Mounted upon the shank 12 and extending through the straps 19, 22, is a double wedge comprising the heads. 24, 25, each having its front face beveled as at 26. The heads 24, 25 are connected together by a rectangular body portion 28 having upon its outer face a rack bar 29. The head 24 is larger than the head 25 and the beveled facepf the head 24 is adapted to engage the beveled inner face 20 of the strap 19 for forcing the compressor 11 inwardly to compress the, metal to close the pipe, the wedgebeing driven down upon the shank 12, which causes the compressor to shift inwardly as is obvious. its normal position by shifting the crank shaft 14, 'prior to such time, the wedge is driven in the opposite direction to that which it is moved when forcing the compressor inwardly. The engagement of the body portion 28 and head 25 with the projecting end of the shank 13 maintains the compressor in its normal position as illustrated in Fig. 2. When the wedge is driven downwardly to force the compressor, inwardly, it is maintained in such position and also prevented from slipping upwardly by the engagement of the dog 30 in the teeth of the rack bar 29. The dog 30, is pivotally connected to the strap 19' as at 31 and can be swung outwardly to enable the moving upwardly of the wedge.

Referring to Figs. 6 to 11 of the drawings, the device includes a mold formed of a front and rear wall, 1*, 2 respectively, and a pair The compressor is restored to.

of side walls 3*, 4 to each of which is connected a laterally extending trunnion 5 capable of being attached to any suitable means for lifting or transporting the mold from point to point. As illustrated in Fig. 7 the mold has had the metal poured therein to form an ingot 6, having a piping 7 and as illustrated in Fig. 8,'the ingot 6 has been compressed to overcome the piping. The wall 1 is provided witha longitudinally extending opening 8 having beveled end walls 9 andlO and the said opening 8 is normally closed by a shiftable wall section 32, which snugly engages, when in closed position, the walls of the opening 8 The shiftable or movable wall section 32 is termed a.

compressor and the function thereof is to compress the ingot to a solid mass so as to overcome any piping. The inner face of the wall 1 of the mold is convex in contour, while the working face of the compressor 32 forms a continuation of the curvature of the inner face of the wall 1*, and by such an arrangement, the forming of ribs is prevented upon that side of the ingot, which is engaged by the compressor 32, during the operation of the compressing of the ingot, to overcome piping. What is termed ribbing or the forming of ribs upon the ingotcis illustrated in Fig. 15. The compressor 32 has secured centrally of its outer face a shank 33. which projects as at 34 from one end of the compressor and is provided intermediate its ends with a transversely extending dovetail groove 35 having the inner wall thereof formed centrally with a recess 36. The shank 33 is positioned between the bars 15 and 16 Connected to the upper end of the compressor 32 is a crank shaft 14*, the function of which is to restore the compressor to its normal occasion so requires. The bars '15, 16 extend longitudinally and project across the opening 8 and also across the compressor 32 when the .latter'is in normal position as shown in 'Fig. 7. J ournaled in the upper ends of the 'bars 15 16* as at 17, is the crank shaft 14, which is provided with a handle 18 to enable the convenient shifting thereof to restore the compressor 32 to normal position.

-The bar 16 is provided with a groove 37 1 of the same contour as .the groove 35 and recess 36 of the shank 33. The bar 15*. is

provided with a groove 38 of the same con- .tour as the groove 35. When the groove 35 and. recess 36 register with the groove 37 and the groove 35 registers with the groove 38, the said grooves and recess are adapted to receive a transversely extending dovetail locking slide or key 39 which is formedposition, that is, as shown in Fig. 7, when with 3. lug 40, the latter engaging in the recess When the slide is in position as shown n F g. 9, the compressor 32 "is locked 1n inoperative position, such position being of the slide. Connected to the bars 16* approximately centrally thereof is a transversely extending strap 19 having a beveled face 42. The compressor 32 is shifted to op era-tive position through the medium of a wedge 41, which is mounted upon the shank 33 and extends through the strap 19 and also engages the beveled face 12 of said strap 19 The wedge 41 is formed with an extension 43, having an angular end 44 and further formed with a series of teeth 45. The angular end 44: prevents the withdrawal of the wedge upwardly through strap 19 when the compressor 32 is iii an inoperative position. The teeth 45 are adapted to' be engaged by a pivoted dog 46' wherebyt-he upward movement-of the wedge 41 is arrested when the wedge is being driven downwardly to move the compressor to operative position. The compressor 32 is returned to in operative position through the medium of the crank shaft 14?, after which the slide 39 is moved to locking engagement with respect to the shank and the compressor 32 is then retained in position as shown" in Fig. 7.

Fi g. 15 of the drawing illustrates a ribbed ingot, which is designated 50 and the ribs on one side 51. V

Fig. 16 of the drawing illustrates the ingot 6 or 6*.

What I claim is:

1. An ingot casting device comprising a mold formedof a plurality of walls, one of StiICl' walls having an opening, a shiftable compressor mounted in and surrounded when in inoperativeposition by the walls of said,

opening and forming when in'inoperative position a continuation of that wall provided with the opening, and means for shift ing said compressor inwardly to compress the metal in the mold to close the p1pe,sa1d compressor fulcruming upon one wall of said opening when shifted inwardly.

2. An ingot casting device comprising a mold formed ofa plurality of walls, one of said walls formed with an opening, .a shift-- able compressor mounted in said opening and forming a continuation of that wall provided with the opening, means for shifting said compressor inwardly to compress the metal in the mold to close the pipe, the inner face of that mold provided with the opening being conveXed and the inner face of said compressor forming a continuation of said convex face.

3. An ingot casting devic comprising a.

mold adapted to contain metal and formed of a plurality of walls, one of said walls having as a part thereof a movable section capable of being shifted into the mold and constituting a compressor for compressing the metal in the mold to overcome piping, and a shiftable element engaging with said compressor for shifting it inwardly to compress the metal in the mold.

4. An ingot casting device comprising a mold formed of a plurality of walls, one of said walls having a movable section capable of beingshifted into the mold and constituting a compressor for compressing the metal to overcome piping, and a shiftable wedge engaging with said compressor for shifting itinwardly, that wall of the mold provided with the movable section having its inner face conveXed, the inner face of said movable section forming a continuation of the inner face of its respective wall.

5. An ingot casting device comprising a mold formed of a plurality of walls, one of said walls having a movable section capable of being shifted into the mold and constituting a compressor for compressing the metal to overcome piping, said movable section normally surrounded when in an inop orative position by the walls of said opening and forming, when in an inoperative position, a continuation of that wall of the mold provided with the opening, a shiftable element engaging with said conmressor for shifting it inwardly, said compressor when shifting inwardly fulcruming upon one of the walls of said opening and means carried by the mold and engaging with said movable section forv shifting it to inoperative position. i

6. An ingot casting device comprising a mold formed of a plurality of walls, one of said walls having a movable section capable of being shifted into the mold and constituting a compressor for compressing the metal to overcome piping, a shiftable wedge engaging with said compressor for shifting itinwardly, that wallof the mold provided with the movable section having its inner face convexed, the inner face of said movable section forming a continuation of the inner face of its respective wall, and means carried, by the mold engaging with said movable section for shifting it to inopera-' tive position. 7. An ingot casting device comprising a mold formed of a plurality of walls, one of said walls having a movable section capable of being shifted into the mold and constituting a compressor for compressing the metal to overcome piping, a shiftable wedge engaging with saidcompressor for shifting it inwardly, means carried by the mold engaging with said movable section for shifting it to inoperative position, and means for maintaining said movable section in inoperative position.

8. An ingot casting device comprising a mold formed 'of'a plurality of walls, one of said walls having a movable section capable of being shifted into the mold and constituting a compressor for compressing the metal to overcome piping, a shiftable wedge engaging with said compressor for shifting .it inwardly, that wall of the mold provided tive position, and means for maintaining said movable section 111 lnoperatlve position.

9. In an ingot casting device, a shiftable compressor constituting a portion of the wall of a mold and capable of being forced inwardly from inoperative position to compress the metal in the mold to overcome-piping, said compressor forming a continuation of the inner face of that Wall which it is a portion of when said compressor is in an inoperative position, said compressor when shifted inwardly fulcruming upon that wall of which it is a portion, and releasable means engaging with said compressor for maintaining it in inoperative position.

10. In an ingot casting device, a shiftable compressor constituting aportion of the wall of a mold and capable of being-forced inwardly from inoperative position tocompress the metal in the mold to overcome piping, said compressor forming a continuation of the inner face of that wall which it is a portion of when said compressor is in an inoperative position, said compressor when shifted inwardly .fulcruming upon that wall of which it is a portion, releasable means engaging with said compressor for maintaining it in inoperative position, and means engaging with said compressor, when the latter is released, for shifting it into the mold to compress the metal.

11. In an ingot casting device,a shiftable compressor forming a portion of the Wall of a mold at a point removed from one end of said wall, sald compressor having its inner face gradually tapering in one direction to provide one endthereof of convex curvature, said compressor capable of being shifted in the mold to compress the metal to overcome piping, means for shifting said compressor inwardly, said compressor when shifted inwardly fulcruming upon said wall, and means for shifting said compressor from operative to inoperative position, said compressor when shifted to an inoperative position having its inner face forming a continuation of that wall of which the compressor forms a portion. v

12. In an ingot casting device, a shiftable compressor forming a portion of the wall of a mold having a convexed inner face, said compressor capable of being shifted in the mold to compress the metal to overcome piping, and shiftable means for forcing the compressor to operative position.

13. In an ingot casting device, a shiftable compressor forming a portion of the wall of amol'd having a convexed inner face, said compressor capable of being shifted in the mold to compress the metal to overcome pip-.

ing, shiftable means for forcing the compressor to operativeposition, and means for maintaining the compressor in operative position.-

14. In an ingot casting device, a shift-able compressor forming a portion of the wall of a mold having a convexed inner face, said compressor capable of being shifted in the mold to compress the metal to overcome piping, shlftable means for forcing th ecompressor to operative position, means for maintaining the compressor in operative po-' sition, and means'whereby said compressor is shifted to inoperative position and maintained in such position.

In testimony whereof -I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses,

T v FRANK L. JAMISON. lVitnesses: v CLARENCE R. CLINE,

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